Wonder What Under That Floor Brace?

[Kartch1]

The rear floor brace on our trucks is a C-channel and open underneath while the front floor brace is enclosed. Did you ever wonder what it looks like under there? I did. The 56 that I'm working on right now is fairly solid. The floor had a spot on the passenger side that was rusted through and a small part of the brace was rusted through.

I knew I was going to replace the entire floor and firewall anyway so I pulled out my reciprocating saw and cut the brace off. The pics show what was there. I never really noticed but you can see there is an opening on either end of the brace that can let stuff in (and out). I would be blowing some compressed air through there if I had a truck of our vintage to keep crud from building up.

Enjoy!

This is the brace cut off and flopped over....


Surprise!




This is with things cleaned up to show that for the most part the floor is fairly solid. You can see the passenger side where it rusted through.



This is the area that is open on each end of the brace that can let stuff in.


The white line is how far back I'm removing the floor. The silver areas are where I have already sandblasted and covered with Masters Series coating